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Another Planet Entertainment (APE) is partnering with Bay Properties, Inc., owners of the Castro Theatre, on an evolution and preservation of San Francisco’s world-renowned entertainment and LGBTQ+ community landmark.
With a long-standing history of working to preserve and improve historic buildings such as the Fox Theater in Oakland, the Greek Theatre in Berkeley and the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, APE seeks to boost the Castro Theatre by carrying out significant improvements to the sound, lighting, production, HVAC and the theatre’s trademark marquee, among other facets of the building: all of this, always, with an eye to honoring its distinct place in the lives of the Castro and celebrating its communities and residents.
“The Castro Theatre is an icon of the LGBTQ+ community, a treasured territory for film, music and inhabit performance and a wonderful building that we will upgrade for more use in the future,” says Gregg Perloff, Another Space body Entertainment, CEO and Co-Founder. “We want to activate and re-energize the building with that always in t
Crowds celebrate the historic Obergefell Supreme Court marriage equality ruling on June 26th, , outside San Francisco&#;s Castro Theatre. Photo via Flickr user Bhautik Joshi
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